@article{ref1,
title="Report of a suicidal digoxin intoxication: a case report",
journal="Medicine, science, and the law",
year="2002",
author="Rodríguez-Calvo, María S. and Rico, Rosa and López-Rivadulla, Manuel and Suárez-Peñaranda, Jose M. and Muñoz, José I. and Concheiro, Luis",
volume="42",
number="3",
pages="265-268",
abstract="Digoxin is a cardiotonic glycoside that is primarily used in the treatment of heart failure, atrial fibrillation or flutter, and paroxysmal atrial tachycardia. Intoxication due to digitalis excess is a common problem in clinical practice because it is therapeutically effective within a narrow dose range. However, massive intoxication with digitalis glycosides following a suicidal attempt is a rare event. In this report we describe an overdose fatality involving digoxin in a suicidal 82-year-old man, in whom measurement of serum digoxin concentration is available. A toxicological study of our patient, approximately two and a half hours after ingestion of the drug, revealed digoxin concentrations within 12.2-13.2 ng/ml in the blood, while the mean therapeutic serum concentration ranged from 0.5 to 2 ng/ml.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0025-8024",
doi="10.1177/002580240204200313",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/002580240204200313"
}